Seat of the Pants is excited to present our Salon Series, where we focus on brand new work, hearing plays read aloud for the first time. Each reading is followed by a talkback with the playwright where audience members are asked curated questions that will guide next steps in edits and rewrites. And there's also an opportunity for our patrons to ask questions about the playwright's experience in crafting the piece up to this point. UP NEXT: HELLFIRE, by Julia Fisher Saturday, January 17th at 1:30 PM - Darl Center, Cleveland ( salon2A.eventbrite.com) Saturday, January 17th at 7:30 PM - Yoga Central, Canton ( salon2B.eventbrite.com) Tickets are $10 each. Synopsis You’ve received an invitation to a rehearsal of Hellfire, a Christian haunted house experience hosted by a local evangelical church. A frazzled stage manager/demon takes you from scene to frightening scene to bear witness to various sins and their consequences. But the night takes an unexpected turn as teenage actors run offstage in tears, the car for the drunk driving scene is accidentally driven away, and you stumble into rooms you’re definitely not supposed to be in. As you eavesdrop on backstage conversations and whispered hallway interactions between the actors and crew, you begin to see the people behind the hell house - and their stories might just complicate everything you’re supposed to be learning. A convergence of *Sleep No More* meets *Heroes of the Fourth Turning* meets *But I’m a Cheerleader*, *Hellfire* asks what - and who - we’re afraid of, and if we can really save each other from hell. Directed by Lana Sugarman and produced by Benjamin Gregg, the reading stars Connor Defevers, Madeline Golya, Bridgett Martinez, Michael Montanus, Joe Pine, with stage directions read by Katherine Nash. Content Notice discussion of: abortion, sex depiction of: alcohol, blood, death, drugs, homophobia, transphobia, religious trauma, gun violence